Forbes today unveiled its second annual “30 Under 30” listing of
tomorrow’s brightest stars: 30 amazing individuals in 15 categories
under the age of 30 (available at www.forbes.com/under30).
Forbes collaborated with experts in diverse industries to develop a list
of 450 people under 30 who are making waves today, and who are destined
to still be shaking things up years from now.

Some of the standouts on the list (who will also be featured in the
January 21 issue of Forbes magazine) include Josh Sommer (24),
founder of the Chordoma Foundation; Pittsburgh-bred rapper Wiz
Khalifa (25); Kim Swift (29), creative director at Airtight
Games and creator of the hit videogame Portal; Rachel Haot (28),
chief digital officer, City of New York; Deron Williams (28),
point guard for the Brooklyn Nets; Todd Hunter (29), creative
executive at CAA Marketing; Carly Cushnie (28), fashion designer; Kate
McKinnon (28), a brilliant new Saturday Night Live cast member; Josh
Miller (22), CEO of a new social media company called Branch; Jeremy
Johnson (28), co-founder of online education startup 2U and Matt
Mullenweg (28), creator of WordPress.

According to Forbes Executive Editor, Michael Noer, “The 30 under 30
represent the best creative, intellectual and entrepreneurial energy of
an entire generation. These are people that you will be hearing about
for a very long time. They exemplify the positive spirit of
entrepreneurial capitalism that Forbes has championed for nearly a
century.”